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Related: About this forumso far Sen Klobuchar and Sen Franken haven't said NO to TPP
I keep calling their offices. Their staff say no comments have been issued yet.
So, here are two Senators who were put into office by Union help, yet they don't know if they are for or against TPP.
I really can't vote for incumbents who don't know if they are for or against TPP. I think it would be a no brainer.
Rep Ellison is not only against TPP he is going on radio shows saying why he is against it and that we need to call the White house and let them know we are against it.
Please kick if you will not vote for Sen Klobuchar and Sen Franken if they will not state they are against TPP
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)PDF of 22 Republicans letter: http://jones.house.gov/sites/jones.house.gov/files/11.12.13%20Fast%20Track%20Letter.pdf
WASHINGTON, DCRepresentatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and George Miller (D-CA) announced today more than 150 Democrats in the House of Representatives oppose the use of outdated Fast Track procedures that usurp Congresss authority over trade matters. The lawmakers opposition stands for both the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and any future trade agreements.
For some time, members of Congress have urged your administration to engage in broader and deeper consultations with members of the full range of committees of Congress whose jurisdiction touches on the numerous issues being negotiated, they wrote. Many have raised concerns relating to reports about the agreements proposed content Twentieth Century Fast Track is simply not appropriate for 21st Century agreements and must be replaced. The United States cannot afford another trade agreement that replicates the mistakes of the past. We can and must do better.
Fast Track procedures allow the White House to submit trade agreements to Congress without giving members of Congress the opportunity to amend the deal. Members of the House Ways and Means, and Senate Finance Committees are looking to develop legislation that would reinstate the outdated Fast Track procedures that expired in 2007. TPP negotiators may announce a final agreement in the near future.
The full letter is as follows:
Dear President Obama:
We write to express our serious concern with the ongoing negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a potential agreement of tremendous consequence for our country. Specifically, we remain deeply troubled by the continued lack of adequate congressional consultation in many areas of the proposed pact that deeply implicates Congress constitutional and domestic policy authorities.
For some time, members of Congress have urged your administration to engage in broader and deeper consultations with members of the full range of committees of Congress whose jurisdiction touches on the numerous issues being negotiated. Many have raised concerns relating to reports about the agreements proposed content. While your Administrations goal was to sign a TPP FTA at the October 2013 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, we believe that to date the process has failed to provide adequate consultation with Congress.
Such opportunity for input from Congress is critical as the TPP FTA will include binding obligations that touch upon a wide swath of policy matters under the authority of Congress.
Beyond traditional tariff issues, these include policies related to labor, patent and copyright, land use, food, agriculture and product standards, natural resources, the environment, professional licensing, competition, state-owned enterprises and government procurement policies, as well as financial, healthcare, energy, e-commerce, telecommunications and other service sector regulations.
In light of the broad scope of todays trade agreements, it is even more vital that Congress have a fulsome role in shaping these pacts terms. Given our concerns, we will oppose Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority or any other mechanism delegating Congress constitutional authority over trade policy that continues to exclude us from having a meaningful role in the formative stages of trade agreements and throughout negotiating and approval processes.
Congress, not the Executive Branch, must determine when an agreement meets the objectives Congress sets in the exercise of its Article I-8 exclusive constitutional authority to set the terms of trade. For instance, an agreement that does not specifically meet congressional negotiating objectives must not receive preferential consideration in Congress. A new trade agreement negotiation and approval process that restores a robust role for Congress is essential to achieving U.S. trade agreements that can secure prosperity for the greatest number of Americans, while preserving the vital tenets of American democracy in the era of globalization.
Twentieth Century Fast Track is simply not appropriate for 21st Century agreements and must be replaced. The United States cannot afford another trade agreement that replicates the mistakes of the past. We can and must do better.
We are deeply committed to transforming U.S. trade policy into a tool for creating and retaining family-wage jobs in America, safeguarding the environment, maintaining consumer protection and improving the quality of life throughout the country. We look forward to working with you to ensure that Congress and the Executive Branch are working together to meet that critical goal.
Sincerely,
Rosa L. DeLauro
George Miller
Louise M. Slaughter
Nydia M. Velazquez
Bennie G. Thompson
John Conyers, Jr.
Jim McDermott
Nick J. Rahall, II
Robert A. Brady
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
Michael H.Michaud
Marcy Kaptur
Linda T. Sanchez
Peter A. DeFazio
Sam Farr
James P McGovern
John F. Tierney
Frederica S. Wilson
Andre Carson
Niki Tsongas
Patrick E. Murphy
Zoe Lofgren
Alcee L. Hastings
Tim Ryan
Michael M. Honda
Betty McCollum
Barbara Lee
Gary C. Peters
Ed Pastor
Henry A. Waxman
Lloyd Doggett
Chellie Pingree
Daniel T. Kildee
Janice D. Schakowsky
Danny K. Davis
Jerrold Nadler
José E. Serrano
Chaka Fattah
Timothy J. Walz
Timothy H. Bishop
John A. Yarmuth
Elijah E. Cummings
Peter Welch
Albio Sires
Steve Israel
Maxine Waters
Loretta Sanchez
Ann McLane Kuster
Yvette D. Clarke
Anna G. Eshoo
Carolyn B. Maloney
Carolyn McCarthy
Cheri Bustos
Bobby L. Rush
Elizabeth H. Esty
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Daniel Lipinski
Paul Tonko
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Richard M. Nolan
Brad Sherman
Brian Higgins
Carol Shea-Porter
Corrine Brown
John D. Dingell
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Gene Green
Lois Capps
Jared Huffman
Julia Brownley
William L. Enyart
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Rush Holt
Alan S. Lowenthal
Daniel B. Maffei
Alan Grayson
David Loebsack
Mark Pocan
Terri A. Sewell
Al Green
Grace Meng
Sean Patrick Maloney
Frank Pallone, Jr.
Joyce Beatty
Adam B. Schiff
Judy Chu
Stephen F. Lynch
Keith Ellison
John Lewis
Ben Ray Luján
Emanuel Cleaver
John Garamendi
Peter J. Visclosky
Luis V. Gutiérrez
Michael F. Doyle
David N. Cicilline
Donna F. Edwards
David Scott
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Matthew A. Cartwright
Raúl M. Grijalva
Hakeem S. Jeffries
Marcia L. Fudge
Jackie Speier
Lois Frankel
William R. Keating
Eric Swalwell
James R. Langevin
Robin Kelly
Joseph P. Kennedy
Robert E. Andrews
Steve Cohen
Steven A. Horsford
Gloria Negrete McLeod
Tulsi Gabbard
Ron Barber
Joe Courtney
John P. Sarbanes
Raul Ruiz
Jerry McNerney
Dina Titus
Bill Pascrell, Jr.
James E. Clyburn
Sheila Jackson Lee
Mark Takano
Bruce L. Braley
Ann Kirkpatrick
Karen Bass
Juan Vargas
Janice Hahn
Nita M. Lowey
Eliot L. Engel
Grace F. Napolitano
Gwen Moore
Filemon Vela
Beto ORourke
Mike McIntyre
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
G. K. Butterfield
Theodore E. Deutch
Kyrsten Sinema
William L. Owens
Hank Johnson
Kathy Castor
Collin C. Peterson
Ruben Hinojosa
Allyson Y. Schwartz
Kurt Schrader
Colleen Hanabusa
Scott Peters
dflprincess
(28,057 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(8,992 posts)I'm sure that's a factor in his taking time on this issue.
Happy to see Franken and the governor are leading in the polls as of the end of October.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/al-franken/
emsimon33
(3,128 posts)Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)on his radio show. After being elected he votes for them. He has become the politician that he used to speak out against. What a disappointment.
dflprincess
(28,057 posts)I haven't written her yet and I'm just curious what kind of tap dance her staff will be doing on this for her.
annm4peace
(6,119 posts)when I called over a week ago the staff just says the Senators hasn't made a comment. both Franken and Klobuchar